Circular saw.



' I PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905. A. B. GALKINS.

CIRCULAR SAW.

APPLICATION FILED we. 2. 1904.

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A. B. CALKINS. GIRGULAR SAW.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2. 1904.

3 BHEETSSHEET INVENTOR 4 2 ATTORNEYS Ubll'lEl) STATES BATEE 1 0111 10111. 1

-ALMON B. oALKINs. 0E "BE LL EVILLE, NEW JEEsEY, ASSIGNOR To i PAMERIoAN MATCH MANUFACTURING o MPANY, OF

Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERsEY;

CIRCULAR sAw.

New Jersey, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Circular Saws, of

which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,'forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in circular saws, and particularly to circular saws and gang sawing machinery for sawing blocks of wood into veneer. Saws adapted for this purpose need to be very thin, in order that there shall be as little waste of material operated upon as possible, and should revolve at an extremely high rate of speed. With ordinary circular saws of the common disk form there is a limit to the running speed, because of the tendency to buckle, due to unequal heating, and it is desirable in this class of machinery to run the saws at a rate of speed much beyond this limit. To this end I have devised a circular saw comprising a peripherally-toothed ring or annulus, and in carrying out my invention I employ a plurali-ty of these saws arranged around a'drum carrying them. An annulus of this description will heatmore evenly throughout than will a disk, and the tendency of the same to buckle will be largelyreduced. Hence I am enabled to run the saw at a higher rate of speed than would be otherwise possible. Further, it will be seen that in heating up an annulus may expand radiallywithout seriously buckling the same, while a disk being held by the central portion from expanding radially will necessarily buckle. I also employ holding or steadying devices, which engage opposite sides of the saws above and below the material fed thereto, and. by this means should any buckling occur throughout the annulus or ring comprising a saw-the operating portion thereof will be held steady and will remain properly spaced from contiguous saws, so that veneers of uniform thickness Will result. 4 i

My invention is particularly designed for the purpose of severing blocks of wood into veneer cards about one-tenth of an inch in thickness, to be finally subdivided into splints for employment in the manufacture of v. Specification of Letters Patent Application filed August 2, 1904. Serial No. 219,158.

NEW YORK,

Patented Sept. 26,1905,

matches, and as a result thereof I am enabled to obtain an exceedingly uniform veneerwith a minimum loss in the saw-kerf. My invention further consists in "certain noveLdetailsof construction and combination of parts, as will hereinafter more fully'ap pear.

I will. now proceed to describe a machine embodying my invention and will then point out the novel features in claims.

elevation of a machine embodying my inven tion. Fig. 2 1s a View 1n central transverse section therethrough. Flg. 3 1s a view in plane of the line 3 30f Fig. 1.

detail view, in transverse section, of certain feeding devices employed, the'plane of section being upon the line 4 4 of Fig; 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the saw-rings removed. Figs. 6, 7 8, and 9 are fragmentary detail views showing more particularly the means for supporting the upper and lower bars which carry the steadying-plugs.

The frame 1 of the machine supports suit-' able bearings-2 for the-saw-shaft 3. shaft 3 carriesa drum 4 of a diameter preferably not less than one-half the diameter of the saws. It is here shown of a diameter somewhat greater than one-half thediameter of the-saws, and so far I consider. that the larger the diameter of the drum with respect to the saw the better the results 1' am likely to obtain. The saws comprise each a peripherally-toothed ring or annulus 5, one of which ameter of the rings 5 is substantially equal to the exterior diameter of the drum k'by which they are carried. Intermediate each of the saws is a spacing-ring or washer 6', andside plates 7 are provided at each end of the-drum,

about equal to the outside diameter of the said the saw-rings, the side plates, and the spacingpieces and secure the parts firmly together.

erwise secured to the saw-shaft Y The saw-bed 9 is supported upon the frame 1 of the machine and i tself'acts as a supporting-plate for brackets 10, carryingholding or steadying devices for the saws. These hold- -In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in end longitudinal section substantially upon the Fig. i is a The sawsaid side pieces preferably having a diameter The side plates 7 are preferably'keyed o'r oth-' is shown in detail in Fig. 5. The interior di-- rings or spacing-pieces 6. Bolts 8 pass through m or steauying devices comprise a plurality of bars 11, arranged above the level of the bed, and another plurality of bars 12, arranged flush with or below the level of the bed. The bars 11 are strung upon bolts 13, secured to the brackets 10, and thimbles or spacing-pieces 14 maintain the bars the proper distance apart. The bars 12 are strung along similar bolts 15, supported by end plates '26, secured to the frame 1 of the machine, and thimbles 16 in like manner act as spacing-pieces to space them the proper distance apart. The width of the bars 11 and 12 is somewhat less than the distance between the saws, so that they will be out of contact therewith at alltimes; but the said bars are provided with looselyinserted plugs 17 of antifriction metal, which extend beyond the sides thereof and engage the faces of the saw-rings, so as to guide and steady them. Set-screws 18opposite the plugs 17 may be employed to take up any slight vanation which may exist; but it will-be understood that the plugs areintended to be of just exactly the length to properly engage the sawfaces so as to steady them without applying undue friction thereto, the function of the setscrews 18 being to take up but very slight variations. As explained, the bars 11 will be some distance above the level of the bed or table 19, preferably such a distance as just to permit the work to be acted upon to pass beneath them, while the upper edges of the bars 12 will preferably be about flush 'with the surface of the table 9, so that the work will substantially fit between the lower faces of the bars 11 and the upper faces of the bars 12. The antifriction-plugs 17 will preferably be .as near the lower edge of the plates 11 and the upper edge of the plates 12 as is possible, so that the saws will be steadied as close to the work as practicable; By this arrangement it will be seen, first, that the saw-rings will have but a verysmall tendency to buckle, even though they may be mad-eof very thin material, because, being of ring-like instead of disk-like form, they will heat more uniformly throughout; second, in heating the rings may expand radially with but slight tendency to buckle; third, the ring-like form permits a greater percentage of the saw-body to be employed in the work than would be possible in a disk form, whereby the surface friction throughout the saw is more uniform, and, fourth, should the saw-rings buckle the alinement at the operating-point will be maintained because of the antifriction spacing devices employed.

I have shown feeding means for the material to be operated upon comprising two paddle-wheels 19, geared to rotate together and provided with peripheral feed-blades 20, the said wheels driven by a belt connection 21 from the saw-shaft 3 through suitable gearing, such 'as will give the proper direction and speed thereto. operated by a rocking lever 23. conti olled by a detent 24, which engages successive paddleblades 20 of the lowermost feed-wheel. The feed-wheels rotate continuously, but give an intermittent impulse to the detent 21-, rocker 23, and pusher 22, a spring 25 operating to return the parts to a normal position between each movement forward, at which time a new block may be dropped in front of the pusher to be fed to the feed-wheels at the next impulse given thereto.

WVhat I claim is 1. In sawing machinery, the combination with a plurality of circular saws, of two sets of bars arranged between contiguous saws, but out of contact therewith, metallic plugs carried by said bars of each set projecting beyond the sides thereof, arranged to engage the side faces of adjacent saws, but to clear the teeth thereof, and means for feeding. work to be operated upon between the two sets of bars.

2. In sawing machinery, the combination with a plurality of circular saws, or means for feeding work thereto, and steadying devices for the saws, arranged to engage the side faces thereof at points above and below the point at which they engage the work and within the teeth-line thereof, said devices including supporting means arranged between, but clear of, the teeth of adjacent saws.

3. In sawing machinery, the combination with a circular saw, of-ineans for feeding work thereto, and stead ying devices for the saw, arranged to engage the side faces thereof at points above and below the point at which it engages the work but clear of, and out of contact with, the peripheral teeth thereof.

4. In sawing machinery, the combii-iation with a plurality of circular saws, and steadying devices located freely between them, near the peripheries thereof, and arranged longitudinally in a line, of take-up means for the steadying devices arranged at the end thereof, substantially as specified.

5. In sawing machinery. the combination with a plurality of saws, steadying devices located between them, near the peripheries thereof, and in a line with each other, bars freely supporting the said steadying devices, and take-up devices opposite the ends of the line of steadying devices.

6. In sawing machinery, the combination with a plurality of circular saws, of a set of bars arranged between them, plugs freely mounted in said bars and projecting laterally therefrom upon opposite sides of the said bars to engage the side faces of adjacent saws, and an end adjusting-screw for simultaneously adjusting all the said plugs.

7. In sawing machinery, the combination with a plurality of circular saws, each comprising a peripherally-toothed annulus or A pusher 22 is provided,- 5

of said saws, said steadying devices engaging the side faces of the saws above and below the point at which the said saws engage the work'to be operated upon.

In Witness whereof I have'herennto set my hand this 29th day cf July, 1904:.

ALMON B. (JALKINS.

Witnesses:

HENRY STAIER, CHAS. W; DRAKE. 

